appoint

v. nominate; designate

Appointment may refer to a number of things, including the following: An appointment is a time reserved for something such as a doctor visit, much like a reservation.An appointment, in government also refers to the assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court. This may also happen for an office which is normally elected, but has an unexpected vacancy. A person appointed but not yet in office is a designate.The power of appointment, in law, is the ability of a testator to select another person to dispose of the testator's property.An appointment of clergy, in Christianity, is made by a bishop to a particular ministry setting, particularly in denominations which practice episcopal forms of church government and polity (such as Anglicanism and United Methodist Church.) Typically, a pastor is appointed to a particular church or parish.Appointment is used to describe a system of selecting candidates in which the choice is made by an individual or panel rather than by a poll of the populace in general (election), or through random selection (allotment/sortition) as used to select juries.
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Verb
1. create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
(synonym) name, nominate, constitute
(hypernym) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
(hyponym) pack
(derivation) appointee, appointment
2. assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"
(synonym) charge
(hyponym) delegate, designate, depute, assign
(derivation) appointee, appointment
3. furnish; "a beautifully appointed house"
(hypernym) equip, fit, fit out, outfit

n. contribution; help, aid; add-on (Computers)

(v. t.)
To point at by way, or for the purpose, of censure or commendation; to arraign.
  

(v. t.)
To furnish in all points; to provide with everything necessary by way of equipment; to equip; to fit out.
  

(v. t.)
To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.
  

(v. t.)
To fix by a decree, order, command, resolve, decision, or mutual agreement; to constitute; to ordain; to prescribe; to fix the time and place of.
  

(v. t.)
To direct, designate, or limit; to make or direct a new disposition of, by virtue of a power contained in a conveyance; -- said of an estate already conveyed.
  

(v. t.)
To assign, designate, or set apart by authority.
  

(v. i.)
To ordain; to determine; to arrange.